Caitlyn Egan

PhD Candidate

Caitlyn Egan is a PhD candidate at Griffith University, researching problem debt and financial hardship amongst formerly incarcerated persons. She has publications in the areas of courts, sentencing and community corrections, and has presented work at the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC), Annual Conference.

Caitlyn has taught undergraduate courses within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and served as the Higher Degree of  Research (HDR) Student Representative from 2023 - 2024. In this role, she coordinated regular HDR forums, events, advocated for student needs and represented the HDR Cohort in committee and staff meetings.

In 2023, Caitlyn supervised a Criminology Undergraduate Research Internship Program (CURIP), mentoring two undergraduate students in research practice and processes, developed their skills in literature searching, academic writing and qualitative research.

Beyond academia, Caitlyn has worked in Allied Health administration where she developed procedures and managed employee training. She also completed an internship at Queensland Corrective Services, creating performance frameworks in line with relevant legislation requirements.

Caitlyn has skills in:

• Quantitative and qualitative research
• Semi-structured interview design and analysis
• Survey design and analysis
• Data collection
• IBM SPSS
• Performance frameworks
• Project management